The History Of Baghdad: The Medieval World's Greatest City

[@CogitoEdu]

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[@1MadJack1]

already got history channels so no

[@philosotree5876]

This video has officially convinced me that this city absolutely NEEDS to be the setting of an Assassin's Creed game (If it's not already) Edit: Holy crap, they actually did it.

[@thecooldude4371]

Would donthisb

[@crebspark]

dame bro, been looking for this kind of video about Baghdad! tnx

[@dwarasamudra8889]

Would be wonderful if you could do something similar with Hampi and the Vijayanagara Empire, or Pataliputra and the Maurya or Gupta Empires

[@ScorpoYT]

The sacking of Baghdad and the burning of Alexandria are truly one of the most depressing events in history

[@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial]

Not really. The books wouldn't have greatly contributed to Science.

[@lucyadam9128]

@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial you do know that the father of modern day Islam extremist was someone that survived the mongols in Baghdad Also the reason we know about someone called Aristotle is because of Baghdad So ya it did effect the modern world

[@tajuddinahmed3379]

​@@lucyadam9128What do you mean by islam extremist who is it

[@cherny9756]

@@tajuddinahmed3379 yeah Id like to know too

[@aayesher9400]

@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial😂

[@aleefbilal6211]

FunFact: In Baghdad, a scholar would give a lecture, and the students from China to Europe would just come, listen to it take notes and do their research. It was like a university without tuition fee or admission. It was just like modern day KZbin.

[@pongop]

wow, cool! they had free college, so why doesn't the US?

[@cram8242]

@@pongop money

[@GearZNet]

@@pongop You can get a better education online for fast cheaper.

[@pongop]

@@cram8242 good point

[@failedindonesianpainter6539]

@@pongop commie detected

[@william2496]

It's sad to see Baghdad, Timbuktu and Alexandria have declined as much as they have today. It would've been incredible seeing them in their prime

[@taherkuwawala6944]

include takshashila

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

Ctesiphon too

[@mindyourbusiness4440]

Not only that, Alexandria will sink by the year 2060

[@nataliekennedy4646]

The Mongols all so attached it because that’s what the mongols did

[@yarumillai6180]

Timbuktu Gaming

[@Bitter_Biscuit]

As an Iraqi, I am so happy that you did this video, and I learned few things that I didn't know about my city. It's sad that we've been through a lot of trouble but we are making steady progress. Much love

[@CogitoEdu]

I loved learning about your amazing city!

[@Bitter_Biscuit]

@@CogitoEdu Amazing work as always Proud of you ❤

[@hallmonitor98]

Do the Americans still have that huge compound in the city?

[@GeN56YoS]

@@hallmonitor98 The US embassy in Baghdad is the largest embassy in the world. I am serious

[@thisusernameisalreadytaken8041]

​@@GeN56YoS and its an armed embassy 😅

[@KingsandGenerals]

Very nice!

[@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780]

Ey, you're here

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

@@CogitoEdu can you please make a video on the Sassanids too who heavily influenced the Abbasids like the round city was a copy of earlier Sassanid cities of Gour or Ardashir-Khawarrah and Darebgerd and the twin semicircular city of Ctesiphon and Veh-Ardashir the Arch of Ctesiphon and how the later Islamic architecture is influenced by the Sassanids etc

[@Hammadz-li]

the great one emerges

[@AbdoZaInsert]

@@Shahanshah.Shahin Your comment isn't true in almost all aspects of influence etc...

[@asmrnaturecat984]

there's a saying: a book is written in Egypt, printed in Labenon and read in Iraq shows that up to this date, iraqi or specifically Baghdadi still carries the tradition of loving knowledge

[@Civilizedares]

Wait isn't it supposed to be: a book is written in Cairo, printed in Beirut, and read in Baghdad?

[@generalfootball8103]

Sadly that’s not the case anymore, the city is filled with tribal like people who do not care about education, all they care about is being corrupt and stealing money.

[@luserdroog]

I've also heard that the Iraqi dialect of Arabic is the closest to classical Arabic, where many other dialects have adopted elisions and dropped certain sounds.

[@je-freenorman7787]

which is actually not quite true. Iraq used to be Sumer, the start of government control and religious slavery

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@luserdroog not really, Iraki is heavely influenced by persian, it's in fact with Moroccan the hardest dialects in arabic

[@ronnychristenjoyer6778]

You've really improved visually. Living as a scholar during the peak of the Abbasid golden age must have been like living in another world.

[@planetarysolidarity]

Thanks for the suggestion. I vote that we start calling this period, the Abbasid Golden Age.

[@iliaselmaghrebi9114]

@@planetarysolidarity even if people where persian or berber they stil where muslim!!!! Alhamdulillah

[@CommentLikeDescribe]

Too bad all this wonder was held together by the boring sameness of dogma.

[@ronnychristenjoyer6778]

@@CommentLikeDescribe That's all societies ever though. There's always state dogma.

[@nataliekennedy4646]

Indeed

[@mushfiqurrahman1107]

when he said "you can still walk on this Mutanabi Street", I don't know why tears suddenly came to eyes. Just felt overwhelmed by the knowledge that a street has been a book sharing place for a thousand years!

[@oh-yt9ug]

Yes its amazing the history of the middle east, it's disappointing that there is so much fighting and war over there

[@jee.g.f]

The headquarters of books is still in the Arab world

[@jee.g.f]

@@oh-yt9ug The imperfect spoils the perfect, so wars start

[@CAPRlCE]

Same

[@jennifertelford5332]

I had the exact same feeling. Wondering how I would feel walking along this street holding so much history and lost knowledge. How would I explain my tears?

[@rishikeshwagh]

How different would the world be if the libraries at Alexandria, Baghdad, Takshashila and Nalanda had not been destroyed

[@NihaltheGreat]

A dream society.

[@Bundpataka]

Alexandria library was still operational and important after it burned down. Alexandria library eventually just declined and disappeared due to a lack of funding over the centuries

[@NihaltheGreat]

@@Bundpataka oh really

[@mohammadshabifainan8540]

U a real Chad bro... Other Hindus when told about Baghdad taunt us with Nalanda and Takshashila destruction but we real patron of education regret all loss of education .

[@rishikeshwagh]

@@mohammadshabifainan8540 All knowledge is precious, irrespective of the source.

[@hi-sj7cu]

Truly "don't cry because it's over smile because it happened" moment

[@alialla8890]

as a man who born and still lives in Baghdad I appreciate your work what an amazing video I really feel sad about what happened in Iraq I even teared up in the end thank you

[@sonicman52]

What’s Baghdad like nowadays?

[@alialla8890]

@@sonicman52 well like 30% good cuz it's either rich or governorate residence and us the rest is dying

[@dragonmaster3207]

@@alialla8890 same but i wouldn't live anywhere else

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

I wish we can go back into history and change things that should have never happened, but I don't really know if Afghanistan would be any better today without the Taliban since that would have meant tor Soviets woukd have gone much farther in

[@poorang900]

Hmm then think of all the other cities that Arabs got to ruin.

[@belalabusultan5911]

Baghdad was a great experience of an urban metropolis before the age of Industry. million people living there, urban planning of the city-skape, modern hospitals, research facilities, multi-cultural hubs etc..... their transportation system was still under-developed, with horses and carriages, there were no electricity, no electonics, and had an authortrian government, but aside from that, it would feel like a modern city, like New York, or Hong Kong, or London etc...

[@corynpreston3302]

!!! LIKE IMAGINE WHAT THEY COULD OF DONE!!! IMAGINE WHERE WE COULD BE IF EVERY TIME A TOWN/COUNTRY STARTS TO THRIVE IT DIDNT GET DESTROYED BY A POWER HUNGRY MAN

[@belalabusultan5911]

@@corynpreston3302 with the autheratarian goverment they had, they were unstable, sometimes they have a good leader, other times they have a weak/corrupt leader, so eventually the army was used as a control tool to control the people, turning into some sort of secret police, the people were not happy with the leadership and would not die for it, and the army was so corrupt and not capable of defending the country from invaders.... it was the same with Rome before that, and even later in native American culture the mississipi civilization had a metroplois with a weak army, and with the Aztec being corrupt and opressive.

[@anzarm.a8547]

It was different from usual authoritarian. The people of high status in knowledge elected the leader. Yeah the umayyads did break the rule. Bad times always comes. The abbasids rule wasn't that strong after some time either. And conducting elections for common people in that era is impossible where administration isn't advanced enough

[@belalabusultan5911]

@@anzarm.a8547 "people of high status in knowledge elected the leader" you are talking of your religious belief in the Rashidun era, which is not history. I am talking about the Abbassids.

[@fallendown8828]

Same with Rome with over a millon population at the years BC! And Rome actually managed to survive much longer than Baghdad

[@balusmbox]

Thanks!

[@CogitoEdu]

Really glad you liked it. Thank you very much!

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

I had no idea Baghdad had such a rich history. Thanks for spreading the word

[@friedVHSS]

🇮🇶Cradle of Civilization

[@dragonmaster3207]

@@friedVHSS lettsss gooooo

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

Ctesiphon too was like Baghdad a century before it

[@al-raheeq8240]

@The Indian Communist My friend, just filter the paper of scientific discoveries on which our modern science is based, did you catch this paper?, beautiful now go back to the first names, Strange Ibn al-Haytham has alone (200 discoveries) on which the camera is based alone, strange circulation and surgery and chemistry especially have Arabic names and other sciences, and guess what names she saved and translated Aristotle's books for example

[@f4wnz132]

It goes further back than known history...

[@Amar90]

This is the Baghdad that I know, not the one of war and destruction. Thank you for making this video from an Irish Mesopotamian

[@ALIKN1-1]

Ok Sargon isn’t from Baghdad but from south of Iraq

[@storrho]

@@ALIKN1-1 Sargon made his capital Akkad, which is really close to modern day Baghdad.

[@je-freenorman7787]

What does Irish mean?

[@storrho]

@@je-freenorman7787 Someone from Ireland.

[@user-ki6id4vt8u]

Mesopotamian is not a term that is used anymore. So cringe…

[@JonPRuff]

Love the new visual you used in this one! Especially the camera going through the 3D structures while keeping the characters with the same 2D look.

[@CogitoEdu]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertomondello2447]

@@CogitoEdu you should made a tutorial about your cartoons

[@gigachand5609]

How u commented a day ago?? It's just uploaded rn

[@varun3291]

@@robertomondello2447 same doubt 🧐

[@JonPRuff]

@@gigachand5609 Patron, got to watch it a little earlier

[@strategossable1366]

Absolutely amazing video - the graphics, the script, the choice of historical time period/location... all very impressive. Thank you!

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you very much. I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it!

[@mustafaaalmosawi]

Watching this from Baghdad ☺️☺️.

[@CogitoEdu]

Amazing, I hope you enjoyed it!

[@himesilva]

Thanks for this, I’ve been wanting to learn more about Arabic history. There’s such a rich and beautiful culture that I unfortunately never learned about in school. I was 3 years old when the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq started, and I think a lot of people my age forget that for the majority of history, these places were the peak of civilization.

[@Pernsonal6054]

It's a shame that the Mongols destroyed such a great city and the Americans too

[@himesilva]

@@Pernsonal6054 Absolutely, I have always had quite a disdain for war-mongering. Especially when I think about all of the knowledge and culture lost to such mindless destruction (Grand Library of Baghdad for example)

[@AliKhan-pb8cd]

Exactly these third world countries plagued by various issues were flag bearers of human civilization.

[@himesilva]

@Janitor Queen Yeah, I always figured it meant "someone who hawks war" like an aggressive kiosk merchant, but war instead of fish lmao

[@himesilva]

@@AliKhan-pb8cd Yup! And it's really twisted because the exact people who throw racism at these countries (white countries) are the ones responsible for their unrest in the first place

[@osekkai-san]

Dang, I feel genuine sadness when you said that Mongol took over Baghdad and destroyed the House of Wisdom, and massacred those scholars...

[@skyfigurefun]

Thanks u

[@zakkart]

GODDAMN! Really outdone yourself with the 3d representation of the city. Great job!

[@CogitoEdu]

Thanks, it was really fun to do 😃

[@PoliticswithPaint]

Wow, that's some incredible rendering. Must have took ages, great job!

[@CogitoEdu]

Yeap some of the 3d scenes took multiple days to render 😅

[@himesilva]

@@CogitoEdu May I ask what software you use to create your renders?

[@CogitoEdu]

I used Blender. It's completely free and is one of the best programs I have ever used!

[@ramasaita4817]

Danke!

[@razmataz4515]

A fucking crime against humanity to invade and destroy a city with such rich history and amazing contributions to humanity,

[@us3rG]

You act as if you support M slims today lol if you from the west understand this is what happens when women listen, men do good things

[@Nakuke3]

@@us3rGyou’re not wrong. Every nation that falls apart starts that deterioration the moment they start letting women manage things. The countries doing well in the world today don’t have women in power, mainly East Asia and the Arab nations.

[@hexwolfi]

It's really neat how so much of what humanity has acheived today has medieval Baghdad to thank for. It's a part of history that deserves so much more attention than it currently gets.

[@firedskull6561]

Humanity can achieve a lot only if our divisions like religions borders nationalities are set aside. This is the reason the Baghdad house of wisdom flourished with knowledge and ideas because people were not divided amongst themselves.

[@Elldorado12]

Thank you for this amazing content. It's easy to forget that the modern world has only existed for a couple of centuries, while there are other wonderful achievements in history that we forget about. This is also putting things into perspective when such an amazing place existed and was completely destroyed, that places we think highly of today can be removed from the map in centuries to come.

[@sulaimankhuhro8717]

The mongol sack of Baghdad and the burning of the library of Alexandria saw the loss of so many great works, literature and architecture. So many great minds must have died there too. Truly a shame we lost all that amazing information.

[@Spyros5k]

And the sack of constantinople

[@ladboii2901]

It's the wrath of Allah towards Baghdad for breaching so many godly laws. May Allah grant them forgiveness

[@jonathankriesler2037]

@@Spyros5k Some say that the sacking of Constantinople is the reason for the European renaissance. Following the sacking, many fled the city, bringing classical greek knowledge that was well kept for hundreds of years inside the mighty walls of Constantinople to everywhere in Europe, igniting the search for knowledge and wisdom and directly inspiring the renaissance. Poetic when you think about it.

[@Zaraa-z2e]

​@@ladboii2901Baghdad, the head of science and culture, had it not been for the Mongols’ occupation, the world would now be traveling in space

[@mr.husbandoeu7254]

Hearing the islamic golden age really brings a tear to my eye, and the way the vid is narrated is really vivid that you can actually see the events unfold

[@FahadSheraidah]

As a person who was born in Baghdad, I’m glad that you covered it so meticulously and with beautiful animation. I was never taught about the history of Iraq let alone Baghdad, so this video was really eye opening

[@raz0229]

Baghdad was the GitHub of the 11th century

[@1992zorro]

Every once and than a video comes up from nowhere that totally blows your mind in a community which has a lot of competition and big players but still surpasses everything. This video is a clear example of it. This was made with a lot of knowledge and love.

[@hydraph4843]

Harun Al Rashid is actually the leader of the Arabian civilisation in Civilisation 5, so I liked the mention of that name (Baghdad is also one of the first cities you can settle as Arabia)

[@rhaytham]

Actually knew him from Civ 5 first, before I knew the history.

[@Jahabbeez]

@@rhaytham same man

[@igustibagusananda7706]

Yea. Now I understand why he can make money fast 😂

[@Kuwait_Anezi]

Baghdad 🇸🇦

[@nu-nisamiracle2401]

@@igustibagusananda7706 lol

[@vulgarschool]

Bro! The video production, really great!

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you so much 😃

[@iamleoooo]

Finally, a video specifically talks about Baghdad alone. Thank you Cogito!

[@ahmedsaifovic7000]

Well as a Baghdadi I say that there are things that you said I haven’t known so thank you for that great episode love from Baghdad,Iraq 🇮🇶🇮🇶❤️

[@tensorflow5777]

Can't believe I have underrated Islamic civilization so much. Thanks for amazing video!

[@SomasAcademy]

~16:03 small point, the "S" and "H" in "Ishaq" are pronounced separately, "Is-haq" not "Ish-aq." It's the Arabic version of the name "Isaac."

[@CogitoEdu]

That's interesting. Thanks for letting me know 😃

[@agtv7368]

It's not the arabic version but its how it should actually be pronounced

[@Morty143]

Thank you From the bottom of my heart, thank you I love seeing people appreciate the beauty Baghdad once had and hoping it will be once again a destination for those seeking knowledge

[@rodrigochiberio5472]

The wait was totally worth! The visuals are great. Be very proud my little friend, you deserve it.

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you so much!

[@ThisisBarris]

Incredible video, incredible animation, and incredible content. You keep surpassing yourself !

[@armenianmuslimah]

The destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols is an event that brings tears to my eyes every single time. Much like the library of Alexandria, so much history, so much knowledge, wiped off the face of this earth, pushing humanity back 1000 years. To anyone who loves topics like these, there is a book called "Science and Islam" by Ehsan Masood, it is very insightful, and details the achievements of Muslims since the birth of Islam.

[@stewiesaidthat]

Wasn't the majority if the library just copies of papers from visiting travelers? I'm surprised they didn't make several copies and stored them elsewhere for safe keeping with the libraries copy available to the public. Anyway, the lesson to be learned is not to keep your eggs all in one basket.

[@pedrolmlkzk]

No library destruction in the world pushed humanity back anywhere technologically, at most it made the work of historians harder

[@myrnaa7107]

Its happened to MANY civilizations libraries Dont forget what recently happened, western european colonialism. European colonialism were the most evil and destructive acts ever commited in history of humanity BY FAR (along with the intellectual knowledge considered evil by European Christian perception, hell even other european scientific discoveries were to burned and its researchers burned at the stake)

[@circuitsandparts]

I really enjoyed this video. How magnificent places like Baghdad, Alexandria, and others were in their day. Old civilizations were much richer than most people realize.

[@sumaiyanoor8300]

You videos are among some of THE BEST on KZbin in history genre. So well researched and mostly accurate historically. I love the animation and your sense of humor. Your channel definitely needs more traction.

[@CogitoEdu]

Wow, thank you! 😊

[@joelGi]

I'm blown away by the level of production in this video. Such a hidden gem.

[@elcesar999]

I can't wait to visit Baghdad. so much history so many empires and beautiful people,food etc.

[@blueboy1056]

This is only Baghdad history, if you go northern Iraq 🇮🇶 you see Assyria, if you go south you see Sumer. Iraq 🇮🇶 is filled with history

[@honestleen]

As someone who’s family have lived in baghdad for generations thank u for this video!! ❤️❤️

[@CogitoEdu]

Glad you liked it ☺️

[@obdalamfa4254]

your animation has grown to be amazingly amazing

[@illustrationren5040]

This country is full of beautiful history ♡

[@hasan_basra_iraq]

Greetings from Iraq To clarify Baghdad before Islam and BC also existed in the time of the Assyrians and Babylonians and was not established by the Abbasids But in the time of the Abbasids the capital was the most beautiful city at that time

[@Erraticfox]

They literally clarify it on the 3:00 minute mark that it already existed. Maybe if you'd watch the video instead of just trying to shoehorn your opinion in the comments a minute into the video. Though I can't expect much from someone that looks like they have downs.

[@Kia_006]

@Speed Junkie The name is actually persian bagh meaning God and dad meaning given Baghdad means God given

[@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial]

Cordoba and Constantinople were better.

[@Wassenhoven420]

@@Erraticfox you are a terrible person

[@ryanmarlin2974]

@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial no, baghdad was definitely better. Also, cordoba? You know that was a Muslim city too, right?

[@justyahya7194]

22:50 I like how you named the holy roman empire by 'Holy Moly Roly Poly Empire' hahaha. In other words, this is an amazing video and I enjoyed watching it, keep up the good work!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Finally time to watch the beauty of this and wonder what I'm even doing trying to make videos.

[@harisabbasi8396]

Beautiful story. Made me sad as these are my direct ancestors. It was in the blood of the Abbasids to seek knowledge. The cousin of the Prophet, Abdullah ibn Abbas, was known as the scholar of the Muslim nation. His father, the uncle of the Prophet Al Abbas, was a banker and a learned man. How far have we fallen

[@dragonmaster3207]

inshallah we will come back twice as hard as before it'll take a lot of time but i believe we can do it

[@kenos911]

@Mike J yeah. I have an Arabic last name even though my family has been Italian/west-central Africa for a thousand years

[@vecrleker7407]

@@kenos911 you from sicily?

[@kenos911]

@@vecrleker7407 Genoa, but there’s a city with my family name in Sicily so that’s probably due to migration

[@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial]

@Mike J There is no proof to support that.

[@Ronny1203]

Your work is amazing. I’m always impressed by the way you tell, illustrate and animate the stories. Thank you so much!

[@parikshithmo]

Anybody here from Assassin's creed Mirage?

[@zaaumomar2204]

Yes g only 2 months left

[@gabrielbodas5444]

Me 😅

[@digletttexano678]

Me

[@Literarydilettante]

The new animation and visuals are incredible. Amazing job, mate.

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[@shawnhall3849]

@@CogitoEdu ​ i have an interesting topic video suggestion can you do a video on the history of martial arts from around the world

[@shawnhall3849]

@@CogitoEdu from like kung fu in china, taekwondo of korea and karate in japan. To what was in india, egypt or mesoamerica. And even modern mma. Judo, jiu jitsu etc.

[@catrinahaqqi8117]

Absolutely wonderful - many thanks for this robust yet easy to follow and delightfully entertaining piece.

[@KamroshaAI]

Your channel is the most underrated thing in existence 🙌

[@CogitoEdu]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@halaalshammery]

This video was amazing! Thank you so much for educating about my own country!

[@michaelwells529]

Considering how influential medieval Arabia was, its kinda nuts how little fantasy or fiction we have based on it. Besides Aladdin and Prince of Persia, I can't think of much. When it does show up its usually the far off foreign land rather than the central setting. Does anyone have any good examples?

[@lucyadam9128]

Because the western world love to hate on muslims and they see them as inferior to them

[@Yanzdorloph]

Not really much tbh, they were colonised after all by Europeans, got busy learning western stuff and no time to spread theirs. I can think of the Jins and genies as known almost everywhere, the Ghoul too, Ifrit the fire spirite we often see in japanese mangas

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

There's Sinbad the Sailor and Ali papa and the 40 thiefs and alot more just look for them alot of them is in one thousand night and a night ( AKA Arabian nights )

[@Umayyadazi]

​ @Jandroids I don't remember Arabia being colonized by Eroupeans, neither the historians do too.

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@Umayyadazi Arabia is just the back water of the middle ast, it's mostly desert and used to be sparcely populated, the heart of the arab civilisation is the Levant, and north africa. does were colonised and their ppl almost enslaved.

[@overmanonfire]

In the heart of every Muslim, the word Baghdad brings a lot of Nostalgia

[@riteshpandey3760]

emm bhagdad was great but not because of islam .... they have purchased most of the scholars , and translated texts from other culture and civilisation to modify the city ... christians , jews , hindus , zoaratrians all contributed in the development .... there is really no relation with islam ....

[@Baron_M]

@@riteshpandey3760 funny jokes

[@mndroger5314]

@@riteshpandey3760 what you said is true but all of that was possible to happen in such a time of enclosed societies was through one of the Islamic Philosophy schools called Almutazilah which opposed secular rationalism. its realy intresting that a religious figures of that time had such way of thinkning i adivce you to read about it. btw, the version of islam we know now called whhabisim.

[@riteshpandey3760]

@@Baron_M i hope you understand english , and you have watched video carefully ......in this video only , he said - prince use to pay for scholars and scriptures ......

[@led3194]

@@riteshpandey3760 "No Relation With Islam" Is The Funny Words Here

[@shreyadhurde4301]

You are back 😭 ....we missed you ❤️

[@lance9372]

Really appreciate the amount of work went into this and it deserves lot more views

[@MultiSciGeek]

This was sooo interesting, educational, and an absolute blast to watch! Most of all I just LOVE the new animation style! This channel never ceases to improve - both contentwise by constantly searching for interesting yet not well enough discussed topics, as well as the presentation/graphic style! Keep it up! Hoping to see more underrated topics covered in this level of detail!

[@CogitoEdu]

Wow, thank you!

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Damn, the revelation that 1001 Nights was the original "I can change him"-fantasy got me real good 🤣

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Here's all the wisdom, in a house! It's the Baghdad House of Wisdom! Just in time for the-" "✨I s l a m i c g o l d e n a g e✨" Baghdad may look like just a modern city today, but it is the embodiment of a Nokia phone with everything it has gone through. Truly a time capsule

[@al-raheeq8240]

Thank you, but why do you put the flag of America that destroyed this country, and I witness the incidents of burning libraries in Baghdad during the American occupation, but there are heroes who obeyed the transfer and protection of books, something strange when this country is exposed to the incidents of burning libraries and books and the destruction of the flag twice, the Mongols and the American occupation, I pray to God to guide you to the right path

[@elvenkind6072]

@@al-raheeq8240 You are missing the good, old days of Saddam, do you? When the streets was paved with gold, and the fountains flowed with milk and honey. Then the Americans came, and stole all the gold, drank all the milk and ate the honey. It's good to know people understand how the world works.

[@elvenkind6072]

@@superfefe3872 I'm not American, but I know people in the Middle East have a tendency to think of America as the reason for their own instability, something I don't believe in at all. The "much better" rule of Saddam included almost a decade of war with Iran, something I'm sure is comfortably forgotten. Then, after that Saddam invaded Kuwait. But even after Saddam, the Iraq-Iran/Sunni-Shia conflict flared up, and when the people of Iraq had the choice to make a democratic government, instead people made war. Just like what have happened almost everywhere in the Middle East and North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Yemen, Nigeria etc. I can't think of many Islamic countries with peace and people living good lives. When the Americans left Afghanistan people risked death to hang on to airplanes, desperate to get out of what they KNEW was coming. Taliban and Sharia law. Medieval life. The same reason why Europe is flooded by refugees from the same areas. People that rather want to live in peaceful, democratic, modern, secular countries, free to practice their faith or not. Arguments about how terrible America is, might have had some teeth if people had fled from there with the same desperation. So ergo: I think Arabs, Africans, Muslim in specific are following a confused victim role, blaming everyone else then themselves for their own chaos. I don't mean anything bad by any of these words, I just think this is the truth. Have a nice weekend!

[@ThatOneMalaysianGuy]

" ✨ T H E S U L T A N O F O M AN L I V E S I N Z A N Z I B A R N O W ✨ "

[@AliAbrahem]

@@elvenkind6072 this angry mad kid hasn’t yet heard about the Sykes picot and the purposeful drawing of bad borders by the devils of the west to keep chaos in the Middle East and prevent unity and avoid competition. It’s alright kid you’ll grow out of that phase

[@jakec5618]

The animations are amazing. That along with the narration, makes for pretty interesting videos.

[@CogitoEdu]

Thank you very much!

[@crypticcorgi8280]

The animation here is honestly top notch. I can tell a lot of effort has been put into it.

[@zS39SBT4fe5Zp8Q]

The Islamic Golden Age was far more impactful to human civilization than the Renaissance but it seems to be glossed over, overlooked entirely, or whitewashed by general western curricula. Thank you for this video.

[@ixink]

22:37 why my heart is in pain and my eyes in tears every time when I listen these line anywhere.

[@sherry356]

Yeah Columbus got very lucky indeed... the inhabitants of that continent though not so much! ;) This is an awesome video - thanks for sharing. I just realised I'm already subscribed which means I must have watched all your other videos at some point.

[@MrQuinnlord]

uhhh.. What?

[@sherry356]

@@MrQuinnlord Who?

[@shonhunter3114]

Columbus is nothing but killer

[@elmotheplatypus44]

Ew ur mean😂

[@kenos911]

Especially the ones with certain spanish contacts

[@georgerichardson7560]

Thanks for posting this!! Both informative and so inspiring as always! Keep up the amazing work and look forward to the next video! :))

[@aneeshfroome4464]

Great video! Super interesting to learn about these ancient times and your videos make the information so much more enjoyable to digest!

[@jmocenar1482]

loving the animation & narration

[@kurtmill9080]

This video made me cry. Thanks for making it Cogito :)

[@mylesjude233]

Man this was a awesome video Cogito, the history, the visuals, the humor, it was a stellar. Hope you do more videos down the line on other cities, some candidates that could be interesting include the likes of Varanasi or Constantinople.

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

Ctesiphon too

[@mylesjude233]

@@Shahanshah.Shahin what's that city

[@sruohua]

As someone who descended partly from Mongol ancestry, it really hurts me how the Mongols destroyed this metropolis. Despite being retained, it was never the same ever since. I could only imagine how more advanced civilisation could’ve been.

[@sarmadmushtaq118]

I’m from Iraq 😀 and don’t think anyone would think it’s your fault. No need to feel bad, it’s not your fault 😀🤷‍♂️

[@sruohua]

@@sarmadmushtaq118 Thank you. I hope one day I can travel to Iraq and see Baghdad in person

[@mrityunjaytiwari6224]

@@sarmadmushtaq118 well it's like more than 700 years ago

[@lucyadam9128]

Honestly the only thing a dislike about mongols in the modern day is that they worship genghis Khan Other than that it ridicules to hold someone responsible about something that happened 800 years ago

[@afrobuddy4801]

@@lucyadam9128 What's wrong with worshiping Genghis? He was a great conqueror, maybe the greatest

[@natsune09]

I wish this video existed in 2005 when I was in Iraq with the US Army. I spent some time at the Baghdad International Airport doing patrols outside the city. I tried to find information on Baghdad, and Iraq, while there, but it was sadly limited. The internet was spotty at best during my few free times, even then the internet wasn't the huge vault of information in 2005 that it is now.

[@JibreelProductions]

I reverted to Islam almost a year ago (time flies) my belief is surprisingly almost the same, amazingly, even tho it isn't surprising since it is the "fitrah", meaning we all enter this world with default correct ideas, and we just change to worst ideas usually, the thing tho, the Quran, that is amazing, it is full of nice stuff, including time relativity explicitly mentiones, also natural phenomena like mountains movement (arguably by tectonic plates) and a lot of other stuff that is making more sense the more science we do and are allowed to know by the one who is. So, to me it's no wonder that this religion inspired a LOT of people to actually investigate the world in seek of signs, we already do this naturally by the fitrah (like when I used to go to the mountain to think elevated stuff hehe (no drugs, somehow this sounds weird xD)), so if a scripture literally tells you to think and reflect, it's a no brainer, ironically... Just a remark tho, I know this is probably presented from secular history with it's limitations, but in Islam we say that Islam as a concept is what all prophets of The God practiced, It just is the religion of submitting your will to The God, to surrender basically, and that brings peace and guidance and good character (and reward in sha Allah) etc etc etc... So even the word Muslim is in Christian texts and before, or equivalents... It's not a new concept at all, and this message simply was the last bug fix so to speak, a perfection of the religion before the test is finished overall (it's closer, seconds "there", here we don't know since time here flows slower)... Peace be with you.

[@iranzijlion7674]

What a rich, amazing yet sad history of Baghdad

[@unclemiguel4221]

God, i would have LOVED to see Baghdad in it's prime, if i could travel back in time i would really enjoy exploring these ancient cities in their prime

[@AllahHuAkbar-r8r]

Cognito i cannot explain you how much happy you made me with this video on the history, I can't believe many nights of hardwork it would have taken to make this high quality animated video and to give this much energy in this video, The Golden Age of Arabia shows what wonders we Humans can do and Thanks alot for making this video

[@darkxcalibur77]

Can't wait to visit the city in Assassin's Creed Mirage!!!

[@takeshih3909]

AWESOME BRO! WE WANT THIS KINDA VIDEOS MORE AND MORE KEEP ROCKING...!!

[@CogitoEdu]

More to come!

[@magtovi]

Honestly I think this has been your best video so far.

[@حسينجلال-غ6ث]

Very very cool, greetings from Baghdad 🇮🇶 ❤️

[@mrwinterhd5202]

would have been unbelievable to visit at that time, imagine spending your whole life on fields and then visit this magnificent place for the first time

[@balusmbox]

I really wish Patreon had a one-time contribution option to say extra thank you for videos like this one - Great quality & content. LOVED every minute of it - well except the 30 seconds where the rivers ran red & black with the blood of the people and the ink from libraries :(

[@user-uy1rg8td1v]

You can Buy a Super Thanks (right next to the share button) to directly send money.

[@balusmbox]

@@user-uy1rg8td1v Thanks for pointing out.

[@shenkman1]

this is a really good video. one of the first historical videos im saving to watch again and again. keep up the great work

[@bobbob4879]

Wow what an amazing video ! I never knew how interesting medieval Baghdad was. Keep up the good work !

[@aleximikkonen6586]

The animation in this one is so good if cogito started making short films/animations about the most mundane subjects instead of great, educational content, I would still watch those videos avidly

[@theimperialtelevision]

18:53 Correction! Alcohol was banned in Islam during the time of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

[@polo443]

What a fascinating look into Baghdad's origins and golden age, the story of Khayzuran was indeed fascinating, such a refreshing talk for a region shrouded in negative images from the last few decades. And the visuals of this video are Cogito's top notch yet!

[@eagleam6475]

It's really one of the coolest videos I've ever seen on KZbin. 25 minutes like 5 minutes. I really enjoyed it. Keep the great work. A new subscriber

[@mustafafownz4482]

Very informative summary 👍

[@RovloxinLil1009]

Amazing!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Baghdad may me the medieval world's greatest city, but the modern world's greatest city is obviously our own Pyongyang. US bombing raids during the war destroyed our infrastructure, especially our capital. It had to be completely rebuilt from the ground up. And out of the ashes, a phoenix led by my grandpa and father turned Pyongyang into a glorious showcase city that the people could be proud of.

[@UnfunnyDaffenDales98775]

Kim Jong in why do u have internet wifi and why can’t ur citizens have any?

[@zakzak3649]

very good video !!! love it! quick the good work !

[@CogitoEdu]

Thanks a lot!

[@burnttomato3577]

This is amazing! The editing especially. Keep it up!

[@majeddaas]

You deserved that subscription like it's your right! thanks for the video!!!